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Overcoming unhappiness
Many older people live unhappily in residential settings that are designed to help them. How can you help…
Projects Read MoreStudy: Telerehab improves functioning after stroke
Researchers at the Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute have developed STeleR, a home telerehabilitation program that they are reporting can…
News Read MorePennsylvania adopts electronic fingerprinting for LTC workers
Beginning on June 4, manual background check requests will no longer be accepted by Pennsylvania’s Department of Aging.…
News Read MoreAlleviating compassion fatigue before it drags down productivity
Long-term care employees know how to take care of others, but they don’t always know how to take…
Projects Read MoreNursing home profits soar in Q1 2012, yet many facilities provide “lousy” care
Nursing home earnings skyrocketed in Q1 2012, especially for large, publicly traded companies. Last year’s industry’s strategy shuffling…
News Read MoreWhen power or manual chairs break
In Ohio Medicaid nursing home residents do not seem to have a payor for their power chair battery…
Projects Read MoreDining out? Make sure it’s senior friendly
Nothing is more relaxing than a leisurely lunch with friends. I was at a local chain restaurant the other…
Projects Read MoreU.S. senators propose federal guidelines for use of antipsychotics in nursing homes
A proposed amendment to pending legislation would require federal regulators to issue guidelines requiring nursing homes to get…
News Read MoreLong-Term Living takes brief holiday break
In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, Long-Term Living will take a break from publishing news, articles and…
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